Derailing-switch.



No. 795,342. PATENTED JULY 25, 1905. L. R. GLAUSEN.

DERAILING SWITCH.

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PATENTE'D JULY 25, 1905.

L. R. GLAUSEN. DERAILING SWITCH.

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DERAlLlNG-SWITCH.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 25, 1905.

Application filed April 6, 1905. Serial No. 253,924.

To It whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LEON R. CLAUsEN, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State ofWisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inDerailing-Switches; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention has for its object to provide simple, economical, andeflicient railway derailing-switches; and it consists in certainpeculiarities of construction and combination of parts hereinafterparticularly set forth with reference to the accompanying drawings andsubsequently claimed.

Figure 1 of the drawings represents a plan view of a portion. of afragment of a railway and illustrates a derailing-switch in accordancewith my invention; Fig. 2, a sectional view of the same indicated bylines 2 2 in Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a plan view of the lift-rail of the switchinverted; Fig. 4, an elevation, partly in section, illustrating afragment of the lift-rail and adjacent main-track rail; Fig. 5, a frontend elevation of the lift-rail, the adjacent main-track rail being intransverse section on line 5 5 in Fig. l; and Fig. 6, a transversesectional view indicated by line 6 6 in Fig. 1.

Referring by letter to the drawings, A indicates each of the rails ofthe main track of a railway; B, an ordinary switch-point rail opposingthe inner side of one of the maintrack rails, and C a lift-rail opposingthe inner side of the other track-rail, the rear end of the lift-railbeing offset and coupled to a stay-rail D, that is arranged obliquely ofthe road-bed.

The front end of the lift-rail is inclined, and an upper outer lip b ofsaid rail laps the adjacent main-track rail when the switch is closed,as herein shown. A hollow inner side swell c of the inclined front endof the lift-rail is provided with a longitudinal slot, and bolted tothis portion of said lift-rail are brackets (Z e, the bolts beingengaged with the slot and hollow of the swell. A throwrod E is connectedto the bracket (Z, and a lock-rod F is connected to the bracket 6, thethrow-rod being also in link connection with a suitably-arranged rockerG in like connection with another throw-rod H, connected to a bracket f,bolted to the inner side of the switch-point rail, and another bracketg, also bolted to the same side of said switch-point rail, is connectedto a lock-rod I, both lockrods being parallel in a guide h. A slide-barJ is designed for connection with lever mechanism distant from theswitch, said bar being provided with bolts 45 7', one or the other ofwhich engages said guide and lock rods to secure the switch in open orclosed position. The throw rod H is shown coupled to a switch-crank K,that is automatically actuated by adjustment of the slide-bar from oneposition to another, and this rod or the one, E, may be connected to thelever mechanism of a switch-stand; but in either case the meansconnecting the switch-rails and their actuating mechanism are undertension when the switch is closed. The switch throwing and lockingmechanism herein shown and described is common in the art to which myinvention relates, and any other suitable mechanismfor the same purposemay be substituted, the important feature of my invention being theswitch-point rail and the peculiar lifting-rail of the switch, arrangedas herein set forth and connected with a throw mechanism to be moved inor out of contact with the adjacent main-track rails, the employment ofa locking mechanism being optional. The switch being closed, theinclined end of the lift-rail is in the path of the wheels turning onthe main-track rails, and the flanges of the opposite wheels come insidethe switch-point rail, the result being a derailment of said wheels frommain track.

The outer side of the lift-rail is herein shown as being alternatelytapertoothed and recessed, the teeth being inclined on the bottom tomatch the bevel ofthe flange of the adjacent main-track rail, on whichthey rest when the switch is closed. The recesses between the teeth ofthe lift-rail are of gradually-increasing depth and width in a downwarddirection and open at the bottom beyond the adjacent main track railflange when the switch is closed. Hence provision is had for thecrowding down and back of dirt or snow that would otherwise interferewith the closing of said sw-itch.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A railway derailing switch comprising a switch-point rail arranged tooppose the inside of a track-rail, a lift-rail inclined at its front endand arranged to oppose the inside of the track-rail opposite the oneaforesaid,

flanges of approaching locomotive or car switch-point rail arranged tooppose the .in-

side of a track-rail, a lift-rail inclined at its front end and providedwith a longitudinal upper outer lip that overlaps the track-railopposite the one aforesaid from inside the same when the switch isclosed, and throw mechanism. in connection with the switchrails.

4. A railway derailing-switch comprising a switch-point rail. arrangedto oppose the in' side of a track-rail, a lift-rail opposing the innerside of the track-rail opposite the one aforesaid and having an inclinedfront end as well as an inner side hollow swell provided with alongitudinal slot, brackets connected by bolts to the swell. of thelift-rail, other brackets connected. to the switch-point, and throw andlock rods in connection with. the brackets.

5. A railway derailing-switeh comprising a switch-point arranged tooppose the inside of a track-rail, a lift-rail likewise arranged withrespect to the track-rail opposite the one aforesaid. and having itsouter side alternately taper-toothed and recessed, the recesses being ofgradually-increasing depth and width in a downward direction and theteeth in- .clined on the bottom to match the bevel of the adjacentrail-flange on which they rest when the switch is closed; and throwmechanism in connection with the switch-rails.

6. 'A railway derailing-switch comprising a switch-point rail arrangedto oppose the inside of a track-rail, a lift-rail opposing the inside ofthe track-rail opposite the one aforesaid and having an inclined. frontend, and means for connecting the switch-rails with an actuatingmechanism and which are under tension when the switch is closed.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand, atMilwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of lVisconsin, in thepresence of two witnesses.

LEON R. CLAUSEN.

WVitnesses H. E. OLIPHANT, ALEX BROWN.

